Pants guard



Sept G. c. MOORE, [SR 2,384,255.

PANTS GUARD Filed March 20, 1944 IN V EN TOR. qeorye C Moore, 5!.

Patented Sept. 4, 1945 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE PANTS GUARD George C.Moore, Sr., Glendale, Calif.

Application March 20, 1944, Serial No. 527,197

4 Claims.

This invention relates to means for holding the bottoms of long pants,overalls, etc., in a folded condition tightly against the legs of thewearer. The means for accomplishing same consisting of a steel Wire ofspring material that is preformed and adapted to snugly encompass theleg of the wearer when the guard is properly in place. The guard isarranged and configurated so that when it is properly positioned uponthe leg of the wearer, it is invisible and does not .in any way make thebottoms or lower portions of the pants legs unsightly or unnecessarilyrufiled.

One of the principal objects of the invention is to present a wire typepants guard that is invisible, sturdy and simple in construction, andeconomical to make and manufacture.

Another object is to provide an invisible type of pants guard made ofwire stock that can be easily and quickly fastened into place forimmediate use, and which can be easily and quickly removed, the pantsguard being especially convenient for horseback riders, bicyclists,motorcyclists, sportsmen in general, chauffeurs, surveyors, linemen,military personnel and for many others too numerous to mention.

Other objects, advantages and features of my invention will appear fromthe accompanying drawing, the subjoined detailed description, thepreamble of these specifications and the appended claims.

Applicant is now about to illustrate and describe one of the forms ofhis invention in order to teach one how to make and use the same, but itis to be understood that the drawing and description thereof are not tolimit the invention in any sense whatsoever, except as limited by theappended claims.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is an elevational view of one of the pants guard for the rightleg.

Fig. 2 is also an elevational view, but of the other similar pantsguardfor use on the left leg.

Fig. 3 is an elevational view of the guard shown shown and described asa fold-holding device or guard for the lower loose ends of a mans pants.

The pants fold-holding device, or trouser guard, in this particular formas illustrated, consists of a spring steel wire I designed for the rightleg of a, person, and a spring steel wire 2 which is designed for theleftleg of a person. Since both wires I and 2 are the same except forthe direction of the bends'therein, the left leg one numbered 2 of Figs.2 and 3 will be described in detail and all similar parts in the otherillustrated guard of Fig. 1 will be designated by the prime of thenumerals as used in Figs. 2 and 3.

Now, referring to Figs. 2 and 3, the wire 2 has a major curved length ortop arm 3 joined to a plurality of short lengths or arms 4, 5 and B. All

of the longarm 3 is terminated into a small loop 1 so that this end ofthe device will not catch or grip the material of ones trousers, and theother end of this arm joins the short arm I at the acute angle 8. Thearm 4, for purposes of clarity. may be identified as the girth arm asthis arm is curved to fit the girth of the leg just above the ankle. Thegirth arm 4 joins thearm 5 at the acute angle 9. The arm 5 issubstantially straight and is identified as the fulcrum arm as it actsas a fulcrum rod, which will be subsequently explained. The short arms 4and 5 form a bell-crank in that the girth arm 4 is forced to rotateabout the fulcrum arm 5 when this latter arm is turned. The other end ofthe fulcrum arm 5 joins the arm 6 at the acute angle ID. The 'short arm6 is identified as the lever arm in that it acts as a lever to hold thedevice in position and to rotate or rock the fulcrum rod or arm 5. Atthe free end of the short arm 6 is a loop I l, similar to the loop 1,into which is pressed and positioned a resilient non-skid element orrubber button l2, the small button portion thereof having been forcedthrough the loop in a manner to present the face of the large portionthereof for engagement with the underside of a persons pants.

Figs. 4 and 5 show a lower portion of a man's right leg having the pantsleg l3 and with the selvage I4 thereof above the shoe l5. In Fig. 5,

the leg of the pants is shown as folded to form the frontal flap i 6having the crease l1 thereof pushed in the direction indicated by thearrow;

the long arm 3' being within the crease I1 and completely hidden fromview. This is the first step in using the guard, that is, to place thelong arm 3 within the pants leg and behind the frontal crease II. Whenthe long arm 3 is so placed, note Fig. 5, the lever arm 6' is rotatedabout the fulcrum rod or arm 5' in the direction indicated by the arrowas this is the right leg of a person. This action naturally forces thefulcrum arm 5' against the inner fold la, the same having been made whenthe flap 16 was formed and the lever's motion is continued, while thearm 5' acts as a fulcrum rod, until the flap It is snug against theright side of the shank of the leg. When the flap is against the leg,the button I2 is forced under the selvage of the trouser leg as shownclearly in Fig. 4 of the drawing.

When the above steps are completed, the pants guard is secured andneatly holds the pants flap l6 snugly in place.-

The operation for installing the left leg guard is the same except thatthe other guard 2 would be employed and the short arm or lever 8 thereofrotated counter-clockwise to fasten it in place instead of clockwise asin the case of the right guard.

To remove the guard, it is only necessary to release the button I! frombeneath the selvage of the pants leg, and such'a release thereof willallow the guard to readily fall from the pants leg.

It is, of course, understood that various changes and modifications maybe made in the details of form, style, design and construction of thewhole or any part of the specifically described 35 embodiment of thisinvention without departing from the spirit thereof, such changes andmodifications being restricted only by the limitations clearly expressedin the following claims.

Having thus described my invention, what is claimed as new and desiredto be secured by Letters Patent is:

1. A pants-fold-holding device comprising an elongated spring wirehaving a plurality of short arms and a long arm, the long arm having acurve to cling to the calf of a persons leg and toengage a length of theinner side of a trouser leg extending from the selvage thereof, one ofthe short arms next to the long arm having a. curve to engage the lowershank of a person's leg, the next short arm below thegirth arm having astraight portion to act as a fulcrum rod, and the final and terminalshort arm providing a lever arm, the distal end of the lever arm beingadapted to be forced beneath the selvage of the trouser leg and heldthereby when the device is installed.

2 A pants guard comprising an elongated wire of spring steel having anupright arm integral with a plurality of other arms all arranged in endto end contact, the center arms having the form of a bell-crank, and thelower end arm having the form of a lever to provide means to operate thebell-crank arms.

3. The guard recited in claim 2 wherein the free end of the lower endarm is looped and provided with a removable element having a highcoefficient of friction.

4. In a pants guard formed of a single piece of wire, one end thereofhaving a, long arm that is curved to snugly engage the calf portion of aperson's leg and the other end made substantiallystraight with a buttonon its free end to engage an under portion of the selvage of a person'spants, a pair of intermediate arms bent to form a bell crank, and oneportion of the bell crank having a curve to engage the girth of apersonsleg Just above the ankle.

GEORGE C. MOORE, SR.

